Wednesday Reading Meme
What I’ve Just Finished Reading
I finished William Heyliger’s You’re on the Air, which is about a young man who tries to break into local radio. ( This book reminded me of E. Lockhart’s Dramarama )
What I’m Reading Now
William Dean Howells’ A Foregone Conclusion, in which an American consul to Venice during the Civil War (Howells was the American consul to Venice during the Civil War) befriends a Venetian priest, who first visits him because he’s invented a cannon that he hopes might be of use to the United States government in its fight against the South Americans. The consul gently explains that in fact the US is not at war with the entirety of South America, but only the American South, and also inquires if the good priest has any practical experience with cannon? Or firearms of any sort? Well, no, alas.
But the consul’s interest is nonetheless piqued by the priest-inventor, and they become friends, and the consul has helped find the priest a job as tutor in Italian for a young American lady. If the priest weren’t a priest, I would expect the Foregone Conclusion of the title to be a romantic rivalry over the young lady between the two friends, but as it is that seems somewhat unlikely so I really have no idea how the story will develop. We shall see!
What I Plan to Read Next
I have Rainbow Rowell’s Wayward Son.
I finished William Heyliger’s You’re on the Air, which is about a young man who tries to break into local radio. ( This book reminded me of E. Lockhart’s Dramarama )
What I’m Reading Now
William Dean Howells’ A Foregone Conclusion, in which an American consul to Venice during the Civil War (Howells was the American consul to Venice during the Civil War) befriends a Venetian priest, who first visits him because he’s invented a cannon that he hopes might be of use to the United States government in its fight against the South Americans. The consul gently explains that in fact the US is not at war with the entirety of South America, but only the American South, and also inquires if the good priest has any practical experience with cannon? Or firearms of any sort? Well, no, alas.
But the consul’s interest is nonetheless piqued by the priest-inventor, and they become friends, and the consul has helped find the priest a job as tutor in Italian for a young American lady. If the priest weren’t a priest, I would expect the Foregone Conclusion of the title to be a romantic rivalry over the young lady between the two friends, but as it is that seems somewhat unlikely so I really have no idea how the story will develop. We shall see!
What I Plan to Read Next
I have Rainbow Rowell’s Wayward Son.